It is less than 10 tries. However, you can charge them that doesn't mean the AUSA will prosecute the case to conclusion and if it does go to conclusion generally the alien will get time served, deported and starts the whole process all over again. There is no easy solution. There is not enough jail space, their is too much incentive to keep crossing because employers are willing to hire them with little fear of negative consequences. Unfortunately, it is much more complicated problem then many would believe or admit. This also just talking about the "typical illegal alien' that most US citizens picture when they hear that term. It doesn't address the many aliens that fly into the United States and overstay there visas and never leave or the Canadians that come to the US and work illegally. Those folks are living and working illegally and not all of them are doing "the jobs that US Citizens won't do" Their are poster in this forum that refuse to believe that anyone from Canada or Europe would want to live and work illegally in the US. Many times have heard " that just doesn't happen their economy is fine why would they want to do that" Yet that doesn't explain the hundreds that do get deported every year. East Indian H1B fraud is a huge problem as is Eastern European organized crime. People tend to believe what they want to believe even when facts tend to disprove their beliefs.

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It is a worthwhile program but you still need the personnel on the ground to be able to intercept what the UAV finds.

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